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While working in a lab, a student forgot to add colchicine while karyotyping through blood culture technique. Then what will happen

A

Mitosis will be arrested at metaphase

B

The chromosomal division will continue and each chromosome will have four arms

C

The chromosomal division will continue

D

Mitosis will be arrested at telophase

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The correct Answer is:
C
Colchicine is used to arrest cell cycle at the metaphase stage of mitosis.
In absence of it, it proceeds to next phase i.e. anaphase and thus chromosomal division will continue.
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